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Luke Walker

James Luke Walker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 2, 1943 in DeKalb, TX
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1965
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Tigers 1965-1974

Final Game: October 1, 1974
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 21 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 18 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 9.0 5.00
1966 22 PIT NL 0 1 .000 4.50 10 1 2 0 0 0 10.0 8 9 5 0 15 2 7 1 0 2 55 83 2.300 7.2 0.0 13.5 6.3 0.47
1968 24 PIT NL 0 3 .000 2.02 39 2 14 0 0 3 62.1 42 18 14 1 39 0 66 1 0 5 264 144 1.299 6.1 0.1 5.6 9.5 1.69
1969 25 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.64 31 15 6 3 1 0 118.2 98 51 48 5 57 3 96 2 0 6 500 96 1.306 7.4 0.4 4.3 7.3 1.68
1970 26 PIT NL 15 6 .714 3.04 42 19 13 5 3 3 163.0 129 56 55 6 89 8 124 1 0 6 684 128 1.337 7.1 0.3 4.9 6.8 1.39 CYA-10,MVP-25
1971 27 PIT NL 10 8 .556 3.55 28 24 1 4 2 0 159.2 157 69 63 9 53 2 86 2 0 5 666 97 1.315 8.8 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.62
1972 28 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.40 26 12 5 2 0 2 92.2 98 41 35 4 34 4 48 0 0 2 399 99 1.424 9.5 0.4 3.3 4.7 1.41
1973 29 PIT NL 7 12 .368 4.65 37 18 1 2 1 1 122.0 129 75 63 9 66 8 74 1 0 8 553 76 1.598 9.5 0.7 4.9 5.5 1.12
1974 30 DET AL 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96
9 Yrs 45 47 .489 3.64 243 100 51 16 7 9 825.1 763 375 334 43 408 28 558 10 0 41 3559 98 1.419 8.3 0.5 4.4 6.1 1.37
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .489 3.64 48 20 10 3 1 2 164 151 74 66 9 81 6 111 2 0 8 706 98 1.419 8.3 0.5 4.4 6.1 1.37
PIT (8 yrs) 40 42 .488 3.47 215 91 42 16 7 9 733.1 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.387 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43
DET (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96
NL (8 yrs) 40 42 .488 3.47 215 91 42 16 7 9 733.1 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.387 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43
AL (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.99 28 9 9 0 0 0 92.0 100 56 51 9 54 1 52 2 0 6 420 76 1.674 9.8 0.9 5.3 5.1 0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1965 21 PIT NL 5.0 2 0 0 0.00 4.37 0.25 -0.18 104.2 4.11 2 0.3 .3 -0.1 0.2 3 .641 .502 $
1966 22 PIT NL 10.0 10 1 9 8.10 4.19 0.07 -0.11 100.3 4.01 -5 -0.5 1.7 -0.2 -0.6 -3 .450 .497 $
1968 24 PIT NL 62.1 39 2 18 2.60 3.47 0.28 -0.12 97.1 2.97 2 0.2 1.5 -0.0 0.8 8 .506 .501 $
1969 25 PIT NL 118.2 31 15 51 3.87 3.95 -0.01 0.02 95.7 3.80 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.8 11 .493 .499 $
1970 26 PIT NL 163.0 42 19 56 3.09 4.36 0.18 0.02 95.6 4.00 14 1.5 1.6 -0.0 2.8 33 .536 .509 $ CYA-10,MVP-25
1971 27 PIT NL 159.2 28 24 69 3.89 3.99 0.09 0.04 98.7 3.89 -1 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 14 .494 .499 $
1972 28 PIT NL 92.2 26 12 41 3.98 3.62 0.12 -0.02 99.4 3.47 -6 -0.7 .8 -0.1 -0.1 2 .472 .496 $
1973 29 PIT NL 122.0 37 18 75 5.53 4.16 -0.12 0.04 95.7 4.13 -19 -2.0 1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -8 .446 .488 $36,000
1974 30 DET AL 92.0 28 9 56 5.48 4.16 -0.17 -0.16 105.6 4.40 -11 -1.2 .8 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .458 .493 $38,000
9 Seasons 825.1 243 100 375 4.09 4.03 0.05 -0.01 98.0 3.88 -26 -2.8 1.2 -0.8 3.4 59 .489 .498 $74,000
PIT (8 yrs) 733.1 215 91 319 3.92 4.01 0.08 0.01 97.0 3.81 -15 -1.6 1.3 -0.7 3.8 60 .493 .499 $36,000
DET (1 yr) 92.0 28 9 56 5.48 4.16 -0.17 -0.16 105.6 4.40 -11 -1.2 .8 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .458 .493 $38,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 26 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 27 0.857 6.4 1.3 1.3 6.4 5.00
1971 27 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
1972 28 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 6.23 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 11 7 6 1 2 2 5 0 0 1 39 1.500 11.4 1.0 2.1 5.2 2.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 3.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 33 1.125 9.0 1.1 1.1 5.6 5.00
1 WS 0 0 40.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1965 21 PIT NL 2 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .118 .167 .118 .284 .167 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 PIT NL 10 55 39 9 8 2 0 0 3 0 15 7 .205 .436 .256 .693 .250 10 1 1 0 0 2 3
1968 24 PIT NL 39 226 221 18 42 4 1 1 3 4 39 66 .190 .314 .231 .545 .266 51 4 1 3 0 0 3
1969 25 PIT NL 31 481 433 51 98 14 1 5 11 1 57 96 .226 .318 .298 .616 .279 129 18 2 7 1 3 8
1970 26 PIT NL 42 684 588 56 129 18 4 6 7 4 89 124 .219 .322 .294 .616 .267 173 18 1 3 3 8 6
1971 27 PIT NL 28 665 599 69 157 19 6 9 4 3 53 86 .262 .321 .359 .680 .290 215 32 2 6 6 2 13
1972 28 PIT NL 26 399 352 41 98 15 3 4 1 2 34 48 .278 .338 .372 .710 .308 131 21 0 8 5 4 12
1973 29 PIT NL 37 553 477 75 129 17 3 9 9 2 66 74 .270 .358 .375 .734 .302 179 13 1 5 3 8 15
1974 30 DET AL 28 420 360 56 100 13 3 9 11 5 54 52 .278 .374 .406 .780 .303 146 13 2 3 1 1 6
9 Yrs 243 3501 3086 375 763 102 21 43 49 21 408 558 .247 .335 .336 .671 .288 1036 120 10 35 19 28 66
162 Game Avg. 48 694 612 74 151 20 4 9 10 4 81 111 .247 .335 .336 .671 .288 205 24 2 7 4 6 13
MLB Averages .249 .316 .367 .683 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 21 PIT NL 2.1 0.2 19 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .22 0.3 0.1 2.3 0.3 0.22 2.7 0 0 2
1966 22 PIT NL -2.4 -0.2 60 -0.0 1.0 -1.1 1.41 -0.2 0.2 -1.5 -0.2 1.41 -2.5 4 2 2
1968 24 PIT NL 5.5 0.6 236 0.5 3.9 -3.3 .97 0.7 -0.1 10.2 1.2 0.97 5.2 12 5 14
1969 25 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 519 -0.1 6.9 -7.0 .79 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.80 5.2 1 5 10
1970 26 PIT NL 18.9 1.9 702 2.4 13.1 -10.7 1.08 2.0 0.2 27.1 2.9 1.08 24.5 9 5 9
1971 27 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 681 0.2 12.0 -11.8 1.05 0.2 0.0 4.3 0.5 1.05 3.3 1 1 2
1972 28 PIT NL -1.0 -0.1 405 -0.3 6.1 -6.4 .91 -0.6 0.3 -1.6 -0.2 0.91 -6.9 3 2 9
1973 29 PIT NL -17.4 -1.8 575 -1.9 8.2 -10.1 .94 -1.6 -0.5 -20.6 -2.1 0.94 -16.6 5 4 10
1974 30 DET AL -11.0 -1.1 442 -2.0 4.2 -6.3 .68 -1.9 -1.1 -15.5 -1.5 0.68 -19.6 3 4 12
9 Yrs -5.9 -0.5 3639 -1.2 55.5 -56.7 .94 -0.8 -0.4 4.4 0.8 0.94 -4.8 38 28 70

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 22 PIT NL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 8 3 1 0 4.5 0.0 2.3
1968 24 PIT NL 39 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 43.5 46 41 20 5 0 2 3.0 0.8 4.5
1969 25 PIT NL 31 15 4 6 5 0 1 8 7 .533 1 1 3 1 7 47% 55.6 85 27 15 5 2 10 4.4 4.3 6.4
1970 26 PIT NL 42 19 12 5 2 4 0 14 5 .737 0 2 5 3 9 47% 56.7 91 25 21 9 4 6 5.4 4.6 6.8
1971 27 PIT NL 28 24 8 8 8 1 5 12 12 .500 1 5 4 2 15 63% 52.2 87 9 15 7 0 13 4.5 3.6 6.2
1972 28 PIT NL 26 12 4 5 3 0 1 7 5 .583 0 3 2 0 5 42% 47.2 73 23 9 2 2 6 3.9 4.0 5.1
1973 29 PIT NL 37 18 7 10 1 0 2 8 10 .444 0 1 2 1 9 50% 47.8 82 17 27 13 3 6 4.1 3.1 5.5
1974 30 DET AL 28 9 3 5 1 2 1 4 5 .444 0 1 0 0 2 22% 39.8 57 22 15 5 6 2 5.4 5.3 4.1
8 Yrs 241 100 38 40 22 7 10 55 45 .550 2 15 16 7 48 48% 51 91 9 130 49 18 45 4.6 4.0 5.8
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 114 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1965 21 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .221 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1966 22 PIT NL 10 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 0 0% 9 1.409 4 2 2 2 1 6 6 3 2 6 2 1 2.6
1968 24 PIT NL 39 37 14 0 2 4 3 2 75% 7 2 31 5 16% 8 .972 12 5 14 8 5 20 16 17 20 12 18 4 4.3
1969 25 PIT NL 31 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% 8 .787 1 5 10 1 0 15 8 8 8 4 8 1 4.2
1970 26 PIT NL 42 23 13 3 1 4 3 1 75% 6 2 13 2 15% 7 1.084 9 5 9 6 5 12 8 15 12 8 12 5 4.4
1971 27 PIT NL 28 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0% 4 1.051 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 8.0
1972 28 PIT NL 26 14 5 0 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 10 2 20% 7 .912 3 2 9 3 1 10 5 9 10 2 11 2 6.8
1973 29 PIT NL 37 19 1 0 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 16 8 50% 6 .940 5 4 10 4 3 12 9 10 9 7 11 2 3.7
1974 30 DET AL 28 19 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 30% 7 .680 3 4 12 0 1 18 13 6 14 3 14 1 8.6
9 Yrs 243 143 51 7 7 12 9 4 75% 24 9 122 32 26% .940 38 28 70 25 16 98 67 72 79 44 80 16 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1965 21 PIT NL 18 33% 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 67% 1 0 0%
1966 22 PIT NL 55 31% 0.0% 12.7% 27.3% 3.6% 25% 2.83 58% 12 1 8%
1968 24 PIT NL 264 30% 0.4% 29.2% 17.3% 2.7% 14% 2.76 68% 51 4 8%
1969 25 PIT NL 500 19% 1.0% 20.0% 11.9% 4.2% 20% 2.28 69% 103 18 17%
1970 26 PIT NL 684 18% 0.9% 18.1% 13.0% 4.1% 22% 2.03 67% 129 18 14%
1971 27 PIT NL 666 19% 1.4% 12.9% 8.0% 5.1% 22% 2.27 77% 153 32 21%
1972 28 PIT NL 399 23% 1.0% 12.0% 8.5% 5.5% 22% 2.29 76% 98 21 21%
1973 29 PIT NL 553 26% 1.6% 13.4% 11.9% 5.2% 23% 1.78 72% 108 13 12%
1974 30 DET AL 420 28% 2.1% 12.4% 12.9% 6.0% 25% 1.95 71% 82 13 16%
9 Yrs 3559 22% 1.2% 15.9% 11.7% 4.7% 22% 2.13 72% 737 120 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1965 21 PIT NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 22 PIT NL 55 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 40% 3 2 1 24 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 24 PIT NL 226 42 1 0 7 0 1 0 1 16 4 6 25% 3 5 0 88 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 38
1969 25 PIT NL 481 98 5 0 18 4 1 2 3 27 13 5 48% 8 6 1 186 11 1 92% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 19
1970 26 PIT NL 684 129 6 0 22 4 2 2 4 39 15 8 38% 6 6 1 250 7 4 64% 5 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 14 0
1971 27 PIT NL 665 157 9 0 20 6 3 4 5 34 23 1 68% 13 5 4 240 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
1972 28 PIT NL 399 98 4 0 7 4 0 0 4 23 14 1 61% 12 2 0 167 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 29 PIT NL 553 129 9 1 12 6 3 3 6 33 23 5 70% 15 8 0 218 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
1974 30 DET AL 420 100 9 0 13 5 4 7 2 13 9 1 69% 6 6 2 180 11 5 69% 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
9 Yrs 3501 763 43 1 102 29 14 18 25 192 103 29 54% 66 41 9 1356 49 21 70% 45 17 4 1 0 2 4 4 83 58
MLB Averages 49% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1965 21 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 18 0.600 3.6 0.0 1.8 9.0 5.00
1966 22 0 1 .000 3.00 12 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 9 5 0 16 2 12 1 0 3 73 125 1.733 6.0 0.0 9.6 7.2 0.75 125
1967 23 0 1 .000 3.00 12 1 2 0 0 0 15.0 10 9 5 0 16 2 12 1 0 3 73 125 1.733 6.0 0.0 9.6 7.2 0.75 125
1968 24 0 4 .000 2.21 51 3 16 0 0 3 77.1 52 27 19 1 55 2 78 2 0 8 337 139 1.384 6.1 0.1 6.4 9.1 1.42 139
1969 25 4 10 .286 3.08 82 18 22 3 1 3 196.0 150 78 67 6 112 5 174 4 0 14 837 108 1.337 6.9 0.3 5.1 8.0 1.55 108
1970 26 19 16 .543 3.06 124 37 35 8 4 6 359.0 279 134 122 12 201 13 298 5 0 20 1521 117 1.337 7.0 0.3 5.0 7.5 1.48 117
1971 27 29 24 .547 3.21 152 61 36 12 6 6 518.2 436 203 185 21 254 15 384 7 0 25 2187 111 1.330 7.6 0.4 4.4 6.7 1.51 111
1972 28 33 30 .524 3.24 178 73 41 14 6 8 611.1 534 244 220 25 288 19 432 7 0 27 2586 109 1.345 7.9 0.4 4.2 6.4 1.50 109
1973 29 40 42 .488 3.47 215 91 42 16 7 9 733.1 663 319 283 34 354 27 506 8 0 35 3139 101 1.387 8.1 0.4 4.3 6.2 1.43 101
1974 30 45 47 .489 3.64 243 100 51 16 7 9 825.1 763 375 334 43 408 28 558 10 0 41 3559 98 1.419 8.3 0.5 4.4 6.1 1.37 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1965 21 0 0 0.00 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.167 0.0 1.5 9.0 6.00 0.0 2
1966 22 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 9 7 6 0 17 7 1 2.889 9.0 17.0 7.0 0.41 0.0 10
1968 24 4 2 .667 3.05 56.0 48 21 19 1 45 59 1 1.661 7.7 7.2 9.5 1.31 0.2 39
1969 25 5 7 .417 4.38 111.0 104 60 54 5 60 90 2 1.477 8.4 4.9 7.3 1.50 0.4 31
1970 26 10 7 .588 3.27 154.0 130 62 56 6 90 117 1 1.429 7.6 5.3 6.8 1.30 0.4 42
1971 27 7 9 .438 4.41 147.0 167 80 72 10 56 79 2 1.517 10.2 3.4 4.8 1.41 0.6 28
1972 28 4 5 .444 4.35 89.0 111 48 43 5 39 46 0 1.685 11.2 3.9 4.7 1.18 0.5 26
1973 29 4 8 .333 5.48 115.0 136 78 70 9 70 70 1 1.791 10.6 5.5 5.5 1.00 0.7 37
1974 30 3 6 .333 6.04 85.0 106 63 57 10 57 48 2 1.918 11.2 6.0 5.1 0.84 1.1 28
9 Yrs 37 45 .451 4.40 772.0 811 419 377 46 435 522 10 1.614 9.5 6.1 1.20 0.5 243

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (25, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (10, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 NL  3.04 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL  .714 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  7.123 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  6.847 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 NL  3 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 NL  0.331 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 NL  128 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1970 NL  27.13 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1970 NL  2.9 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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